Vaucluse Residence

Vaucluse NSW

Land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation

Builder

BWG Projects

Collaborator

Wyer and Co

Photographer

Felix Forest

This Tudor Revival house built in 1940 was in a state of disrepair and being considered for demolition when we were commissioned to explore the opportunity of retaining it and injecting it with new life. It was a monolithic house and our design proposed to open the ground floor with extensive glazing for a lighter base and greatly improved connection to the garden.

The original roof pitch was retained but the materials were changed to blue slate with copper detailing. The interiors have a warmth and richness inspired by the period of the original 1940s building; timber and brushed velvet wall panels, classic pieces of furniture and a fully upholstered attic with a picture window view across Sydney Harbour.